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A review by casebounder
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
4.0
“Adults were like that so much of the time, inflexible when they thought they had something to protect.”
The future of young adult reading is here, and it's so enjoyable to see. Akwaeke Emezi's PET is like reading A WRINKLE IN TIME for the first time - AWIT meets A MONSTER CALLS. With excellent own voices queer and BIPOC representation. This story is dark yet not overly heavy, wrapped in allegory yet nimble in story.
I'll be reading FRESHWATER next (finally) in continued preparation for Emezi's new novel THE DEATH OF VIVEK OJI out soon from @riverheadbooks.
The future of young adult reading is here, and it's so enjoyable to see. Akwaeke Emezi's PET is like reading A WRINKLE IN TIME for the first time - AWIT meets A MONSTER CALLS. With excellent own voices queer and BIPOC representation. This story is dark yet not overly heavy, wrapped in allegory yet nimble in story.
I'll be reading FRESHWATER next (finally) in continued preparation for Emezi's new novel THE DEATH OF VIVEK OJI out soon from @riverheadbooks.